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Signing Glasses
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Signing Glasses

In a recent episode of Dr Who, The Well, Deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis plays a Deaf character Aliss. Aliss is a survivor of some, at first unknown, disaster that...

Sign Language for Train Departures
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Sign Language for Train Departures

This week (5-11th May) is Deaf Awareness Week, an opportunity to celebrate d/Deaf* people, communities, and culture, and to advocate for equal access to communication...

Say it sounds like singing
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Say it sounds like singing

Many names stand out as pioneers of electronic music, combining computer science, electronics and music to create new and amazing sounds. Kraftwerk would top many...

The virtual Jedi
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

The virtual Jedi

For Star Wars Day (May 4th), here is a Star Wars inspired research from the archive… Virtual reality can give users an experience that was previously only available...

Bits with Soul (via a puzzle)
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Bits with Soul (via a puzzle)

In January 2025 computer scientist Simon Peyton Jones gave an inspiring lecture at Darwin College Cambridge on “Bits with Soul” about the joy, beauty, and creativity...

Film Futures: Brassed Off
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Film Futures: Brassed Off

Computer Scientists and digital artists are behind the fabulous special effects and computer generated imagery we see in today’s movies, but for a bit of fun, in...

Film Futures: Tsotsi
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Film Futures: Tsotsi

Computer Scientists and digital artists are behind the fabulous special effects and computer generated imagery we see in today’s movies, but for a bit of fun, in...

Annie Easley: putting rockets into space
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Annie Easley: putting rockets into space

Annie Easley was a pioneer both as a computer programmer but also as a champion of women and minorities into computer science. She went from being a human computer...

Torchwood: in need of some backup
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Torchwood: in need of some backup

***SPOILER ALERT*** Disaster planning, that’s the Torchwood game. They are there to save the Earth whenever it needs saving from aliens (which is every week). Shame...

Moon and Mind-Body Dualism
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Moon and Mind-Body Dualism

**spoiler alert** The least interesting thing about Duncan Jones is who his superstar father is. He stepped out of the shadow with a vengeance in directing oneContinue...

Bank holiday bunting appears automatically on the GOV.UK website – thanks to a little program!
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Bank holiday bunting appears automatically on the GOV.UK website – thanks to a little program!

This is an updated version of a snippet that appeared previously on this blog. If you’re reading this post today (Monday 21 April 2025) it’s Easter Monday which...

Robot runners
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Robot runners

The first ever half marathon allowing humanoid robots to run against humans was held in Beijing this weekend (April 2025). 12,000 humans ran the event alongside...

The CS4FN Easter Egg Hunt
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

The CS4FN Easter Egg Hunt

Easter eggs can be chocolate but they are also hidden treasures to be found in games, websites, other software (and now even Lego sets). Especially for Easter we...

A Sea Hero Quest to understand our navigation skills
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

A Sea Hero Quest to understand our navigation skills

Video games can be a very successful way to do citizen science, getting ordinary people involved in research. Sea Hero Quest is an extremely successful example....

Robert Weitbrecht and his telecommunication device for the deaf
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Robert Weitbrecht and his telecommunication device for the deaf

Robert Weitbrecht was born deaf. He went on to become an award winning electronics scientist who invented the acoustic coupler (or modem) and a teletypewriter (or...

Debugging your sandwich maker
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Debugging your sandwich maker

Do you know how to make a sandwich? More importantly do you know how to write down a set of precise, detailed instructions that could tell someone else how to make...

Making mistakes creatively – putting error messages to good use
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Making mistakes creatively – putting error messages to good use

Have you ever seen a website say “404 – page not found” or something very similar? This can happen if a page has since been moved or deleted, or if you’ve typed...

Always check the text before sending to print!
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Always check the text before sending to print!

One of our tasks here at CS4FN is to proofread our magazines before we put them in the post and send them out to our subscribers. We’re not just checking for spelling...

Super-plant supercapacitors
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

Super-plant supercapacitors

There are a whole range of plants that have been called superfoods for their amazing claimed health benefits because of the nutrients they contain. But plants can...

The wrong trousers? Not any more!
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The wrong trousers? Not any more!

Inspired by the Wallace & Gromit film ‘The Wrong Trousers’, Johnathan Rossiter of the University of Bristol builds robotic trousers. We could all need them as we...
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